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Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Companies’ accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain certain condensed financial information and exclude certain footnote disclosures normally included in annual audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. These unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

In the Companies’ opinion, the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly their financial position at March 31, 2021 and their results of operations, changes in equity and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. Such adjustments are normal and recurring in nature unless otherwise noted.

The Companies make certain estimates and assumptions in preparing their Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the periods presented. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

The Companies’ accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements include, after eliminating intercompany transactions and balances, their accounts, those of their respective majority-owned subsidiaries and non-wholly-owned entities in which they have a controlling financial interest. For certain partnership structures, income is allocated based on the liquidation value of the underlying contractual arrangements. At March 31, 2021, Dominion Energy owns 50% of the voting interests in Four Brothers and Three Cedars and has a controlling financial interest over the entities through its right to control operations. GIP’s ownership interest in Four Brothers and Three Cedars, Terra Nova Renewable Partners’ 33% interest in certain Dominion Energy nonregulated solar projects and Brookfield’s 25% interest in Cove Point (effective December 2019 until November 2020) are reflected as noncontrolling interest in Dominion Energy’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Terra Nova Renewable Partners has a future option to buy all or a portion of Dominion Energy’s remaining 67% ownership in certain nonregulated solar projects upon the occurrence of certain events, including any proposed sale by Dominion Energy of its interest.

The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year. Information for quarterly periods is affected by seasonal variations in sales, rate changes, electric fuel and other energy-related purchases, purchased gas expenses and other factors.

Certain amounts in the Companies’ 2020 Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes have been reclassified to conform to the 2021 presentation for comparative purposes; however, such reclassifications did not affect the Companies’ net income, total assets, liabilities, equity or cash flows.

Amounts disclosed for Dominion Energy are inclusive of Virginia Power, where applicable. There have been no significant changes from Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, with the exception of the items described below.

Cash, Restricted Cash and Equivalents

Restricted Cash and Equivalents

The following table provides a reconciliation of the total cash, restricted cash and equivalents reported within the Companies’ Consolidated Balance Sheets to the corresponding amounts reported within the Companies’ Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

 

 

Cash, Restricted Cash and Equivalents

at End of Period

 

 

Cash, Restricted Cash and Equivalents

at Beginning of Period

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents(1)

 

$

491

 

 

$

1,192

 

 

$

179

 

 

$

166

 

Restricted cash and equivalents(2)(3)

 

 

71

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

103

 

Cash, restricted cash and equivalents shown in the

   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

$

562

 

 

$

1,267

 

 

$

247

 

 

$

269

 

Virginia Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

56

 

 

$

71

 

 

$

35

 

 

$

17

 

Restricted cash and equivalents(3)

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

Cash, restricted cash and equivalents shown in the

   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

$

56

 

 

$

76

 

 

$

35

 

 

$

24

 

 

(1)

At March 31, 2021, March 31, 2020, December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, Dominion Energy had $14 million, $59 million, $7 million and $31 million of cash and cash equivalents included in current assets held for sale, respectively.

(2)

At March 31, 2021, March 31, 2020, December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, Dominion Energy had $3 million, $12 million, $3 million and $12 million of restricted cash and equivalents included in current assets held for sale, respectively.

(3)

Restricted cash and equivalent balances are presented within other current assets in the Companies’ Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

 

The following table provides supplemental disclosure of cash flow information related to Dominion Energy:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued capital expenditures

 

$

341

 

 

$

343

 

Leases(1)

 

 

9

 

 

 

17

 

(1)

Includes $2 million and $17 million of financing leases at March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $7 million of operating leases at March 31, 2021.

 

The following table provides supplemental disclosure of cash flow information related to Virginia Power:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued capital expenditures

 

$

262

 

 

$

210

 

Financing leases

 

 

1

 

 

 

10

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

In March 2020, Virginia Power committed to retire certain coal- and oil-fired generating units before the end of their useful lives based on economic and other factors, including but not limited to market power prices and the VCEA. These units will be retired after they meet their capacity obligations to PJM in 2023. As a result, Virginia Power recorded a charge of $754 million ($561 million after-tax) in the first quarter of 2020, primarily included in impairment of assets and other charges in its Consolidated Statements of Income. This charge is considered a component of Virginia Power’s base rates deemed recovered under the GTSA, subject to review as discussed in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.